RE: Evidence for the existence of God
January 13, 2017 at 12:43 am
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2017 at 12:46 am by robvalue.)
I was thinking to myself that the "evidence" this guy has is going to be that everything is evidence of God. I was right.
That's not evidence. Well, it is, in that anything can be put forward as evidence. It's just that it's not going to convince anyone who doesn't already believe what you believe, because it's a tautology. It's just assuming your conclusion. We have no way of differentiating between a reality from a "God" (whatever that is) from one that isn't from one. If you have a way that isn't just announcing your conclusion, go ahead.
We don't have all the answers, but that doesn't mean we want people to make them up for us. Especially when they can't even define their answers.
The problem is a lack of data. We have one reality, which we can't study externally. We're kind of stuck. So it may well be that there is no evidence that can decide this question, until we find a way to "break out".
That's not evidence. Well, it is, in that anything can be put forward as evidence. It's just that it's not going to convince anyone who doesn't already believe what you believe, because it's a tautology. It's just assuming your conclusion. We have no way of differentiating between a reality from a "God" (whatever that is) from one that isn't from one. If you have a way that isn't just announcing your conclusion, go ahead.
We don't have all the answers, but that doesn't mean we want people to make them up for us. Especially when they can't even define their answers.
The problem is a lack of data. We have one reality, which we can't study externally. We're kind of stuck. So it may well be that there is no evidence that can decide this question, until we find a way to "break out".
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